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DROP BOTTLE'.

No. 252,454. Patented Jan. 17,1882.

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l, IlI A^" UNITED STATES PATENT Omtrent CHARLES GEBEBT, OF TRENTON, NEWJERSEY.

DROP-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part `of Letters Patent No. 25234154, datedJanuary 17, 1&2.

Application filed December 1'2, 1881.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES GEBERT, of Trenton, in the county ot'Mercer, and in the State ofNew J ersey, have in vented certain new anduseful Improvements iu-Drop-Bottles 5 and l do hereby declare thatthefollowing -is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompany ing drawings, and` to theletters ot'reference marked thereon, making a part ot'this specification.

This invention has for its objects to provide an improved bottle wherebymedicines and other liquids may be measured accurately and convenientlydrop by drop, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects Iattain by the dt vices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention; Fig. 2, asectional view, showing the position of the cork when the bottle isclosed; Eig. 3, a similar view, showing the position of the stopper whenthe bottle is ready for use, and Fig. 4 atop view ofthe bottle with thestopper removed.

'lphe letter A indicates an ordinary bottle, having on the interior ofits neck, diametrih `callyopposite each other,longitudinal,grooves,

as' indicated by the letter B.

The letter() indicates the stopper, which may beA constructed of anysuitable material,

and which in shape is similar to the ordinary h flat head,D,' by meansof which it ground-glass Stoppers, and provided with a (Model.)

can be conveniently manipulated.

The operation of my improved bottleis as follows: /Vhen the stopper isin position, as iiidicated in Fig'. 2, the shoulders E ot the stoppercover the outer ends of the grooves and f prevent any possible escapeot' the contents.

louse the bottle for dropping theliquid the stopper is turned intoposition` as indicated in Figs] and 3, by means of which the shouldersare removed from over the ends ot' the grooves, permitting the air toenter at one groove while the liquid escapes drop by drop from theother, when the bottle is held in proper position.

Having thus fully described my invention,

`shoulders, as described, adapted to cover and uncover the outer ends ofthe grooves, subs'tantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in4

presence of two witnesses, this 1st day of December, 1881.

CHARLES GEBERT. Witnesses: A

WILLIAM GEBERT, i' FRANKLIN S. MILLS.

